George Enescu International Airport 2 hr 6
Moldova National Museum Complex (19 min) Museum, palace, history, and art Anastasie Fătu Botanical Garden (10 min) Large 19th-century botanical garden with walking trails, a duck pond & seasonal floral shows. Copou Park (7 min) Longtime public garden featuring an obelisk that is Romania's oldest monument & a 500-year-old tree. Golia Monastery (9 min) Monastery, architecture, church, and history Our Lady Queen of Iași Cathedral (18 min) Roznovanu Palace (17 min) Built in the 18th century as a palatial residence, this stately edifice hosts the Iaşi City Hall. Great Synagogue (4 min) Mănăstirea Vlădiceni (18 min) Three Hierarchs Monastery (16 min) Imposing 17th-century monastery & royal burial site known for elaborate decorative stonework. Palace of Culture (19 min) 365-roomed complex built between 1906 & 1925 to house government offices, now housing 4 museums. Bojdeuca Ion Creangă (20 min) Guided tours of Romanian writer Ion Creanga's 19th-century house, with original documents & photos. Cetățuia Monastery (16 min) Built in the 17th century, this Romanian Orthodox monastery houses a museum of medieval art. Unity Museum (17 min) Elegant history museum, built in the neoclassical style, displaying furniture & art from the 1800s. Mihai Codreanu Museum (9 min) Metropolitan Cathedral Iasi (17 min) Majestic neoclassical church known for its soaring, domed towers, mosaics & 16th-century icons. |